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Originally posted by justjoe:
For Cruz to jump in is for me a defining moment. He is a phony, a creep, and I have zero respect for him.

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Originally posted by justjoe:
I'm not trying to impress you, Balze, I'm saying what I think. Commie totalitarians are trying to shut down free speech in America through violence and intimidation. This is not hysterical. This is what is happening. Just open your eyes.

Cruz is asked about what happened in Chicago, and he chooses NOT to identify what is actually happening, but rather to join in with the leftists in blaming Trump for the violence.

I'm calm. I'm generally calm. And I'm very calmly saying I have no respect for Cruz. Screw his political career. I don't give a shit about his political career. What's happening in my country is what I care about. And he should too. Above all.

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HH: People are rallying to you, including Mike Lee today. I am curious, though, if your rallies have been marred by the kind of incidents that are actually maybe unfolding tonight at a Donald Trump rally. We are watching it very closely. There are reports of a large number of demonstrators. And Tim Miller called it a culture of violence that surrounds and propagates the Trump campaign. That might be overstating it, superPAC style. But have you had any of these incidents, Senator Cruz, that have gotten that ugly?

TC: No, not remotely, and there’s no doubt that a candidate bears responsibility for the culture that is set from the top. And you know, my approach, listen, it comes from how you view the voters. You know, Donald demands of the voters that they stand up and pledge their allegiance to him, pledge that they would vote for him. As I mentioned last night, I think that gets it exactly backwards. This is a job interview. You know, kings and queens demand of their subjects that they pledge allegiance to them, but in America, we don’t pledge allegiance to men. We pledge allegiance to the flag. We pledge allegiance to the Constitution. But we don’t pledge allegiance to men. And this is very much, each of us should be asking to work for 330 million Americans. And what I am doing is pledging my allegiance to you. And part of that is reflected on how you approach protestors, because if you are the monarch from on high, then the protestor is disloyal and needs to be cast out and punished. You know, my approach, often, Hugh, with protestors, is if they’re being civil, I’ll often engage with them. You know, we had an event up in Maine, a huge rally in Maine. There were several college kids that stood up and began protesting. And I said all right, stand up, tell me what your concern is, let’s talk about it, let’s talk about illegal immigration. Let’s talk about climate change. And I ended up having an impromptu ten minute debate with a protestor on substance, and said listen, if you don’t have a right to shout down this event. If you’re disruptive the police officers will escort you out. But if you want to engage in civil discourse, we can talk about it. In fact, I remember there was one event, Hugh, you may have seen a video of it online where we were doing an event outside the White House protesting this terrible Iran deal and focusing on the American hostages.

HH: I did. That’s on…

TC: And we had protestors from Code Pink that began yelling us down. And I invited Medea Benjamin, who’s the head of Code Pink, I said listen, you can’t shout this down and silence our speech. But if you want, pick one of you, and they picked Medea Benjamin, come on up to the microphone. I’ll give you my microphone. You make the case they this deal is a good deal, and I’ll argue the other side. And we had about a 25 minute impromptu, civil, respectful debate on the substance. I think that’s reflective of a candidate who views the voters with respect, not as potential subjects for a monarch.

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Originally posted by Czechvar:
Then let's hope President Trump nominates Cruz to the Supreme Court...he can talk all day there...

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The internal forces attacking our country want power. They demand to get what they want without compromise or trade-off.

The far left doesn't bow down to logic or arguments based on reality. They must be defeated, not negotiated with.

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Originally posted by 46and2:
It's cute, naively cute - like little girls and puppies, to think everything can be debated.

What's worse, though, is that Ted Cruz knows better.

He knows that sometimes violence is the only answer.

But now, in an election context, he pretends otherwise and infers Trump and his supporters are wrong, and it's disingenuous, at best, it's campaigning, just a shitty type.

His campaign strategy choices are washing away the respect I have for the man.

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Yeah...Cruz should have Trumps back on these agitators.